IP Library Granted Patent US 10,270,175
Granted Patent B2
US 10,270,175 · App. 15/519,884 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Battery provided with three electrical connection tongues

Inventors: Rachid Benbouhout (Cugnaux, FR); Sebastien Kessler (Dremil-Lafage, FR); Stephane Billy (Grenade, FR)
Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
H01Q9/0421H01M2/00H01M2/26H01M2/30H01Q1/243H01Q1/44H01Q7/00H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 10,270,175
App. No.
15/519,884
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a battery having a positive terminal and a negative terminal and two electrical connection tongues, each tongue secured to one of the terminals thereof. The battery also includes at least one additional connection tongue secured to one of the terminals thereof, forming a radiating element with the electrical connection tongue secured to the same terminal of the battery.

Claims (11)

1. A battery equipped with a positive terminal and a negative terminal and two electrical connection tabs ( 11 , 12 ), each secured to one of its terminals, said battery further comprising at least one additional connection tab ( 14 ) secured to one of its terminals, forming a radiating element with the electrical connection tab that is secured to the same terminal of the battery, wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) forms, with one of the electrical connection tabs ( 11 , 12 ), a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA), and wherein a first connection tab is connected to one of the terminals of the battery and to ground, a second connection tab is connected to the other terminal and receives an excitation signal, and wherein the additional connection tab is left free and forms a monopole.

2. The battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) is connected to an electronic circuit ( 13 ).

3. The battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resonant frequency of the antenna is set by the length and/or the width and/or the thickness and/or the positioning of the additional connection tab.

4. The battery as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the positioning of the additional connection tab ( 14 ) on the periphery of the battery allows the gain of the antenna to be adjusted by varying the free radiating volume of the antenna.

5. The battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning of the additional connection tab ( 14 ) on the periphery of the battery allows the gain of the antenna to be adjusted by varying the free radiating volume of the antenna.

6. The battery as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the positioning of the additional connection tab ( 14 ) on the periphery of the battery allows the gain of the antenna to be adjusted by varying the free radiating volume of the antenna.

7. A battery equipped with a positive terminal and a negative terminal and two electrical connection tabs ( 11 , 12 ), each secured to one of its terminals, said battery further comprising at least one additional connection tab ( 14 ) secured to one of its terminals, forming a radiating element with the electrical connection tab that is secured to the same terminal of the battery, wherein the positioning of the additional connection tab ( 14 ) on the periphery of the battery allows the gain of the antenna to be adjusted by varying the free radiating volume of the antenna.

8. The battery as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) forms a loop antenna with the tab associated with the same terminal of the battery.

9. The battery as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) forms a monopole antenna.

10. The battery as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) forms, with one of the electrical connection tabs ( 11 , 12 ), a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA).

11. The battery as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the additional connection tab ( 14 ) is connected to an electronic circuit ( 13 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE S.A.S.
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 071931/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2017
From: BENBOUHOUT, RACHID; KESSLER, SÉBASTIEN; BILLY, STÉPHANE
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 043355/0981 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 60084 · Oct 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170244169A1 · Aug 24, 2017